Stay up-to-date with all the Melbourne Cup Day 2016 Results by following the link with live Flemington race results and the Melbourne Cup Day winners published after each race is run and won.

The action of 2016 Melbourne Cup Day has kicked off at Flemington Racecourse and below we have the full scratchings and track report for the country’s biggest day of racing and betting, as well as updated markets on the Melbourne Cup and Cup Day results.

It is raining in Melbourne today and with nearly an 80% of wet weather right around the time the Melbourne Cup kicks off at 3:00pm (AEDT) as Flemington Race 7, the current Good (4) track rating good be downgraded before the ‘race that stops a nation’.

Flemington Track Report – 01/11/2016

• Rail: True Entire Circuit
• Penetrometer: 4.85
• Track Type: Turf
• Track Rating: Good (4)
• Irrigation: 5mm last 24 hours, 40mm last 7 days
• Rainfall: 0.4mm last 24 hours, 1.8mm last 7 days

Racing kicks off for Cup Day with Group racing – the 2016 Ottawa Stakes for two-year-old fillies due to jump at 10:40am (AEDT) – and continues through until the card closer with the Group 3 2016 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes set to run at 5:15pm (AEDT).

Of course the big one is the 2016 Melbourne Cup field taking to the barriers at 3:00pm (AEDT) for three heart stopping minutes of racing everyone around the country will be tuning in for.

2016 Melbourne Cup betting tips have Hartnell as the favourite at $5.50 through Ladbrokes.com.au, with plenty of value on offer for his 23 rivals including the Caulfield Cup winner Jameka ($8).

Read our full Melbourne Cup 2016 tips now as well as a comprehensive 2016 Melbourne Cup Day Tips & Preview post for the horses to back and sack in all the Flemington races today.

In the meantime the official Melbourne Cup Day scratchings and Flemington race times are listed below so you don’t miss a minute of the action.

Odds Boost is also available across the Melbourne Cup Day program only at Ladbrokes.com.au!

Flemington Scratchings – 01/11/2016

Total Scratchings: 31

Race 1 (10:40am) – $150,000 Group 3 Ottawa Stakes (1000m)

#2 Time Awaits (16)

#4 Tarima (14)

#16 Wired (11)

#20e Woman In Red (15)

Flemington Race 1 Results:

• 1st: #18e Invincible Star ($16)
• 2nd: #3 Lucky Louie ($9.50)
• 3rd: #1 Madeenaty ($1.60F)

Race 2 (11:20am) – $100,000 TAB.com.au Trophy (1700m)

#4 No Tricks (13)

#5 Tidy Prophet (11)

#12 Nassak (4)

#13 Ginali (9)

Flemington Race 2 Results:

• 1st: #1 Sort After ($3.70)
• 2nd: #2 Metaphorical ($10)
• 3rd: #3 Amarela ($12)

Race 3 (12:00pm) – $100,000 Prince Of Penzance Plate (2800m)

#6 Collaboration (4)

#12 Sly Romance (11)

#13 Cinnamon Carter (18)

#15 Bring Back (16)

#19e Aagas (20)

#21e Hierarchal (10)

Flemington Race 3 Results:

• 1st: #1 Kinema ($6.50)
• 2nd: #9 Firenze ($5.50F)
• 3rd: #16 Four Carat ($16)

Race 4 (12:40pm) – $100,000 Lavazza Prontissimo (1400m)

#1 Rageese (2)

#5 Burning Passion (7)

#6 Lucky Liberty (4)

#9 Dodging Bullets (14)

#10 Un De Sceaux (9)

Flemington Race 4 Results:

• 1st: #3 Demonstrate ($1.90F)
• 2nd: #4 Sovereign Nation ($5)
• 3rd: #14 Give Us A Go ($61)

Race 5 (1:20pm) – $100,000 Schweppes #FlemingtonFling (1000m)

#1 Selenia (6)

Flemington Race 5 Results:

• 1st: #10 Speedeor ($7.50)
• 2nd: #3 Biased Witness ($5)
• 3rd: #11 Hellbound ($26)

Race 6 (2:00pm) – $150,000 Listed Lexus Hybrid Plate (1400m)

#2 Sword Of Light (17)

#14 Chipanda (20)

#19e Something More (10)

#20e Moonlover (4)

Flemington Race 6 Results:

• 1st: #15 Jennifer Lynn ($12)
• 2nd: #9 Prompt Response ($11)
• 3rd: #12 Invincibella ($7)

Race 7 (3:00pm) – $6,000,000 Group 1 Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m)

No official scratchings

Read the full 2016 Melbourne Cup Results: Almandin Winner for Williams now! 

Flemington Race 7 Results

• 1st: #17 Almandin ($11)
• 2nd: #13 Heartbreak City ($19)
• 3rd: #6 Hartnell ($6)

Race 8 (4:00pm) – $150,000 Listed James Boag’s Premium Stakes (1800m)

#6 Sertorius (9)

#12 Observational (15)

#16 Coldstone (6)

#19e Curragh (19)

Flemington Race 8 Results

• 1st: #14 Fabrizio ($2.90
  2nd: #11 Tucanchoo ($18)
• 3rd: #8 Desert Jeuney ($51)

Race 9 (4:40pm) – $150,000 Listed MSS Security Sprint (1200m)

#4 Illustrious Lad (13)

Race 10 (5:15pm) – $200,000 Group 3 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes (1400m)

#16 Fair And Equitable (18)

#18e Satya (9)

*All times quoted are local (AEDT) and subject to change